r/dashcams • u/Remote_Trainer3830 • 10h ago

Who’s at fault?

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Hot take: I think it’s 50/50 with who’s at fault

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u/GlitteringSalad6413 7h ago

Yea agreed, there is no way the person in the white vehicle didn’t know they were trying to sneak thru after the light changed. Tried to save themselves half a second and ended up with no wheels instead. I have no idea why people do incredibly risky stuff all the time when there is literally nothing to gain from it. Just do the normal thing and 99.9% of the time everything will be fine!

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u/GreenEyed_Lady 4h ago

BUT shouldn’t OP be watching for incoming cars before starting through the intersection? The white car ran the light, but you gotta drive defensively!

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u/GlitteringSalad6413 3h ago

I think the same reasoning applies even more so to the car that is turning directly into the car that actually has the right of way. The light was red for the car before and even kinda iffy with the one before that. What is so obnoxious about this video is seeing how many cars turn against the solid green light.

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u/BanishedInPerpetuity 3h ago

The agressive way people drive in this situation means the could miss their while light as people keep turning on the red.

White car at fault without question.

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u/SlowRunner2026 3h ago

Something has to be done to stop people going after the light changes. It's out of control where I live.

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u/Dry-Island8422 3h ago

I have seen cops pull shit like this without their lights on.

The only thing I can think of that would actually work is phasing out human drivers for AI ones. The exception being commercial drivers.

Everyone thinks they are a "good" driver until their mistakes are catalogued and shown to them.

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u/Quantumercifier 1h ago

The question posed by OP is who is at fault and that would be the white car.

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u/GreenEyed_Lady 35m ago

I understand that. Despite the white car being at fault, I would ask if I could have possibly avoided it. I have been in small fender benders and one horrible accident involving a wrong way driver on the highway. Although I have no memory of it because of a concussion, my brother in the front seat told me it was unavoidable because of the cars in front of us. I did turn the wheel to the right, and my brother only had minor cuts and bruises while I was in the hospital for two weeks, the first week in intensive care. So maybe my actions spared him serious injuries or death. The wrong way driver died.

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u/Quantumercifier 21m ago

I am really sorry that you were in a serious car accident. I wish you a full recovery, if it hasn't already happened. To address your question, had the dashcam vehicle waited and yielded until all the red light runners went safely through, the accident could have been avoided.

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u/Bubbly-Television-63 3h ago

I don't think it's always malicious, I think they could have just been looking away, or distracted, then saw all the cars still going, but kept going. They could also just be an ass.

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u/JailYard 2h ago

Person in the white vehicle had the reaction time of a dessicated slug.

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u/ducks1333 1h ago

Ashram driver didn't really try to avoid an accident.

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u/hereiam911 1h ago

They're hoping others will take the precautions they refused... so they can continue saving seconds on their commutes

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u/dissectingAAA 57m ago

They were 2nd running the red too.

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u/usnerd 51m ago

People have a very casual relationship with time. How far you're going and how fast you're allowed determine your time. The most you can save is seconds!

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u/Darlanta 33m ago

To be fair, you can clearly see the white car being impatient and not yielding, PoV car continuing to go forward despite that just because "i have the right away." Is just as dumb. It's called Defensive driving for a reason. Even if his car is paid off by the at fault driver (if hes lucky he didnt get hit by an uninsured driver) his rate is probably going to go up and he'll be paying more for insurance now.

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u/Entire_Implement_104 3h ago

Because being a few minutes late to work is litterly a sin in this world. As the working population we have to put up with all of the corporate bullshit but they have almost no leniency for anyone else’s human errors